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Top Three Highest-Grossing Products
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Top Three Highest-Grossing Products

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the top three highest-grossing products from a sales table.

Calculate gross revenue as quantity multiplied by unit price. Use the product details associated with each sale.

Output

  1. One row per top product with product_id, product_name, and total_revenue
  2. Return exactly three products, ordered by total_revenue descending
  3. Break revenue ties by product_id ascending

Schema

products
ColumnTypeDescription
product_idPKINTUnique product identifier
product_nameVARCHAR(100)Product display name
sales
ColumnTypeDescription
sale_idPKINTUnique sale identifier
product_idINTProduct associated with the sale
quantityINTNumber of units sold
unit_priceNUMERIC(10,2)Price per unit at the time of sale
Tablessalesproducts
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